S. Vishnu Sharma
NEET UG Exam 2020 is most spoken exam for those who aspire to study medicine at graduate level. And, collegechalo tries to bring the latest updates about this important exam.
A lot of attention has gathered around this exam ever since corona virus outbreak has sent the entire nation into a lock down. collegechalo has been bringing news related to NEET UG Exam 2020 regularly.
NEET UG Exam 2020
About the exam
NEET UG Exam 2020 is conducted by National Testing Agency and is usually held in first Sunday of May every year. A pass in this exam will allow its applicants to study undergraduate course in Medicine which is also known as MBBS.
About 13 lakh students are said to have appeared in NEET UG exam last year. And attendance is expected to be same for NEET UG Exam 2020 also. The basic eligibility to write this exam is a pass in plus-two exam from a recognised institution.
Important dates
The application submission for NEET UG Exam 2020 began on 2 December last year. The last date to submit application from extended till 6 January from its earlier 31 December.
The applications submitted for NEET UG Exam 2020 was open for correction from 15 to 31 January originally, however that was lateron extended till 3 May this year.
The exam date
NEET UG Exam 2020 was supposed to be held on 3 May as per the earlier planned schedule. Now that has been postponed. The date of exam will be announced shortly.
Any announcements about date for NEET UG Exam 2020 is likely to be made after the present lock down is lifted.
Moreover, The dates for NEET are to be announced keeping in view even the 12th, 10th exams of CBSE Board also. So a decision in this regard may take sometime.
However, candidates of NEET UG Exam 2020 are supposed to visit the NTA ‘ntaneet.nic.in‘ for updates regarding the exam at regular intervals. They can keep track of the exam dates even on their mobile number and email id also.
The date for downloading of admit card was 27 March previously. As the date of the exam is postponed even this is also postponed. As per the estimates, date for downloading hall-ticket for NEET UG Exam 2020 will be announced on the official website of NEET at the appropriate time.
As per estimates, one can say the hall-ticket download will be allowed at least 10 days before the commencement of the exam, candidates can likely download hall-tickets till the day of the exam.
The result date
Post NEET UG Exam 2020, the display of recorded responses and answer keys will take place, the date for this display will be announced at the appropriate time on the official websites of NEET ‘www.nta.ac.in’ and ‘ntaneet.nic.in’
The date of result declaration for NEET UG Exam 2020 is 4 June as per the earlier dates. Postponement of the date of result declaration depends on the date on which the exam is conducted. If NEET UG Exam 2020 is delayed, then the result declaration will also be delayed likely.
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Post result
Applicants who have passed NEET UG Exam 2020 must appear for counselling. This will be held in three rounds, Round 1, Round 2 and Mop-up Round.
The round 1 counselling is expected to be in the month of June this year, round 2 of the same is expected to be in July this year. Mop-up round counselling could be in the month of August this year.
Applicants must remember that these are estimated dates, exact dates may be announced once the exam results are declared. Applicants must visit the official website of NEET at regular intervals.
The best time would be to logon to the portal soon after the results for NEET UG Exam 2020 are declared.
Points to remember
NEET UG Exam 2020 is conducted in 11 languages, applicants can choose their question papers in any one of these languages. The languages are English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Odia Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. Candidates are advised to regularly visit the NTA website and also check their e-mails/SMS for latest
updates.
Important information
The doubts related to NEET exam, exam pattern, syllabus and eligibility conditions can be accessed at the link ‘https://ntaneet.nic.in/ntaneet/ShowPdf.aspx?Type=50C9E8D5FC98727B4BBC93CF5D64A68DB647F04F&ID=7719A1C782A1BA91C031A682A0A2F8658209ADBF’
The link with regards to extension of correction facility with regards to information in the application form can be accessed at ‘https://ntaneet.nic.in/ntaneet/ShowPdf.aspx?Type=50C9E8D5FC98727B4BBC93CF5D64A68DB647F04F&ID=5B384CE32D8CDEF02BC3A139D4CAC0A22BB029E8’
Exam pattern
The question paper for NEET UG Exam 2020 comprises multiple choice questions. More than one answer is provided to each query as a reply and candidates have to chose the right answer.
The subjects for questions are Physics, Chemistry, Biology (zoology and Botany). There will be 45 questions each for Physics and Chemistry and Biology will have 90 questions.
The total number of questions is 180 and duration for answering the questions is three hours. Every right answer will get four marks, wrong answer will deduct one mark.
Contact
In case of any doubt applicants can contact 8700028512, 8178359845, 9650173668, 9599676953 and 8882356803.